'I lost him': After failing to raise the alarm, Richard Clayton was forced to swim to shore with his daughter, but his friend didn’t survive.
Emergency services, including paramedics, were called to the scene just after midday on Wednesday.Credit:Two men and a 14-year-old girl were on the vessel, a 4.6 metre runabout, when it overturned and sunk in the water off William Street at Cleveland, east of Brisbane.
After failing to raise the alarm, Richard Clayton was forced to swim to shore with his daughter, but his friend didn’t survive. “We were out crabbing, just enjoying the day, beautiful day, and we decided to come back in,” Clayton told Nine’s“All of a sudden water started coming on the boat ... it just happened so quickly. It was like 10 seconds, it was all over, and we were in the water.”“I was actually sitting on the bow of the boat so people could see us,” Mr Clayton said.“A couple of ferries from Cleveland ... were going out. We were waving our hands and singing out, but obviously no one saw us.
The alarm was raised by a member of the public who saw one of the men holding to an esky in waters off Shore Street North.A report will be prepared for the coroner.
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